Julian Assange costs Britain £6m in policing costs

Guarding London building has cost 5.9m, including 1m overtime bill Met has stationed officers outside embassy since he entered in June 2012 Police would arrest him if he left and then have him sent to Sweden for trial He lives in small room in the embassy containing a bed and a treadmill

By Martin Robinson

Published: 07:55 EST, 25 April 2014 | Updated: 09:47 EST, 25 April 2014

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Shocking: Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Equador embassy in Knightsbridge in 2012 and police say guarding the building has now cost 6m

Guarding the Ecuadorian embassy in London where Julian Assange has claimed asylum has now cost taxpayers almost 6million, it was revealed today.

Metropolitan Police officers have been standing outside the Knightsbridge building since the WikiLeaks founder took refuge there in June 2012 - a vigil costing 11,000 per day.

The 42-year-old is wanted in Sweden after allegedly sexually assaulting two women in Stockholm in 2010.

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